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Shelley Ware

Education Consultant, Keynote Speaker, MC and Media Personality

Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman from Adelaide, South Australia, who resides in Melbourne. Shelley is an accomplished and well sought-after MC and keynote presenter to corporations and events, espousing her personal journey, perspective on females in sport, racism, Aboriginal issues, and also childhood education. Shelley is an experienced teacher who is passionate about embedding Aboriginal history and culture into classrooms around Australia.

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Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunyjatjara and Wirangu woman from Adelaide, South Australia, who currently lives in Melbourne and well known as part of the ground breaking SBS football program Marngrook. Most recently becoming a member of the Outersanctum Podcast and Broad Radio.

For the past decade or so, Shelley has worked in the media as a radio and television presenter on both local and national AFL football news shows. During that time, particularly as a member of NITV’s Marngrook Footy Show team, Shelley has become one of the most respected and recognised female presenters of AFL football in the country. Shelley’s role on The Marngrook Footy Show has her, discussing and analysis AFL games. She hosts the webshow Colour Of Your Jumper, where she leads discussions about topics of the week throughout the AFL. She also writes a fortnightly AFL column for the Koori Mail.

Shelley has 25 years experience as a primary school teacher as a reading specialist, art teacher and a classroom teacher. Now she works part-time as an Aboriginal Education Officer at Parade College in Bundoora and Preston. She is an education consultant, who is passionate about embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture and History, into our national curriculum.

She has collaborated with organisations like SBS Learn, ABC Education, Culture is Life, Composer and more, writing and co-writing curriculum at a National Level. She also delivers workshops, aimed at teachers to further support their professional development, so they feel confident, to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History and Culture, into their classrooms and schools, in a culturally safe manner. She continues to work with students, in schools around Australia, delivering Aboriginal Art, History and Cultural lessons. Shelley has been a classroom teacher and specialist teacher in primary schools, for more than 20 years. Currently she is an Aboriginal Education Officer at Parade College.

Shelley is also a regular Master of Ceremonies, keynote presenter to corporations and events, espousing her personal journey, perspective on females in sport, racism, Aboriginal issues, and also childhood education.

Topics

  • First Nations history and culture*(tailored to requirements of group)
  • Effects of racism
  • Advocacy work in Racism
  • Women in sport and sports media
  • Public speaking workshops
  • School workshops in art and Aboriginal History and Culture – helping teachers to embed into their curriculum.
We highly recommend Shelley Ware as an MC. She recently hosted an awards dinner with over 650 guests in the room (at the Melbourne Convention Centre) and ten award categories to get through, which is no easy task. She managed the room with precision, kept proceedings moving to ensure guests remained engaged and did an exceptional job! In the lead up she was thorough in gaining an understanding of the expectations in hosting the event and was a delight to deal with. She is a true professional. Thank you for contributing to our event’s success! Local Government Professionals Inc
The Long Walk were honoured to have Shelley Ware as our MC for the 2015 Long Walk Women’s Lunch at the Atrium, Flemington. As one of TLW’s Indigenous Facilitators and a true supporter of the holistic work of the TLW , it was a pleasure to have Shelley along for the ride. In the lead up to the event Shelley was so easy to work with. Shelley was very flexible in her time and also quite understanding of the perplexities in pulling together an event of this size (over 700 in attendance). I found Shelley to be respectful, approachable and showed a genuine interest in the key note speakers, guest, sponsors and the like. Shelley is friendly, passionate, committed and genuinely a nice person and great to work with whether be at events, media or the education system, I highly recommend Shelley to any future employer. Collingwood Football Club
For the past three years Shelley Ware has been a fabulous ambassador for the Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week. Despite being a busy woman, juggling her teaching role, TV work, family and a great commitment to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, Shelley found time in her full schedule to give to Jean Hailes. Women’s Health Week is dedicated to all women across Australia to make good health a priority and Shelley is passionate about this. She has supported Jean Hailes by filming promotional videos, attending launch events and promoting the week on Marngrook Footy Show. She is active on social media and enthusiastically embraces the cause by tweeting and posting on Facebook and Instagram. Shelley is a fantastic woman to work with, she embodies the spirit of our organisation and Jean Hailes is proud to have her as an ambassador. Jean Hailes For Women’s Health
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